David Flatley, executive director of the Center for Community Arts Partnerships (CCAP) at Columbia College Chicago, has more than a decade of experience in developing and implementing educational and intercultural initiatives designed to improve teacher practice and student achievement and effect whole-school change. His work supports both national and international groups—most recently the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Educational Authority as they worked to replicate the arts integration model developed by Flatley and his team through the Chicago Teacher’s Center. He has an M.A. in arts administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.S. in business administration from the University of Illinois-Champaign. He received his practitioner’s certification in intercultural communications through the Intercultural Communications Institute in Portland, OR. Flatley serves as the Council's Vice Chair.